Miles Davis - Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Miles Davis 1963-1964 [Box]

Artist:

Davis, Miles

UPC:

827969084021

See Also:

Silver, Horace Blakey, Art Various Artists - Endless Miles: A Tribute To Miles Davis John Coltrane/Miles Davis - The Best of Miles Davis & John Coltrane: 1955-1961 Gil Evans/Miles Davis - The Miles Davis and Gil Evans: Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [2004 Reissue] [Long Box]

Description:

Initial pressings of SEVEN STEPS are packaged with a deluxe metal spine.
Also includes a 92-page booklet with rare photos, complete discography and essays by Michael Cuscuna and Bob Blumenthal.
Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); Miles Davis; Ron Carter (double bass); Tony Ruption Williams , Tony Williams (drums); George Coleman, Sam Rivers, Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Victor Feldman, Herbie Hancock (piano); Frank Butler (drums).
Audio Remixer: Mark Wilder.
Liner Note Authors: Michael Cuscuna; Bob Blumenthal.
Recording information: Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Berlin, Germany (04/16/1963-09/19/1964); Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (04/16/1963-09/19/1964); Columbia Studios, LA (04/16/1963-09/19/1964); Kohseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan (04/16/1963-09/19/1964); Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY (04/16/1963-09/19/1964); The Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes, Juan-Les-Pins, Fr (04/16/1963-09/19/1964).
All tracks have been digitally mastered using 24-bit technology.
Introduction bys: Billy Taylor ; Andre Francis; Terry Isono; Mort Fega.
Photographers: Vernon Smith; John Wilkes; Ted Williams ; Joe Alper; Jan Persson; Roger Marshutz; Lee Tanner; Chuck Stewart.
In the 1960s, trumpeter Miles Davis became a star outside of the jazz world, first with what history refers to as "the Quintet" with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, then with his highly influential post-BITCHES BREW electric bands. But there was a "transitional" period, after John Coltrane left Davis`s employ and before the Shorter/Hancock era, which the SEVEN STEPS box set based around the SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN album documents in its entirety, often in a live context.
Davis was seeking the right combination of musicians for his sonic flights, where hard-bop and modal styles could be combined with a wide-open, increasingly elastic sound. Before settling on Shorter (present here), he tried the conventionally hearty, blues-accented bop approach of saxophonist George Coleman and the rippling, somewhat more avant-garde Sam Rivers. Both soar and sear at their respective best, providing remarkable contrast to Davis`s magically cool horn. UK-born pianist Victor Feldman plays on some tracks, Hancock on others; the drum chair features Tony Williams (also an explorer of avant expression) and Frank Butler (a crackling, swinging mainstream bopper). SEVEN STEPS includes material originally available on the early-`60s albums IN EUROPE and FOUR & MORE, among others, with (attention, collectors!) the inclusion of eight previously unreleased tracks.

Track Listing:

DISC 1: SEVEN STEPS: THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS OF MILES DAVIS: 1963-1964:

1. Joshua - (previously unreleased)
2. I Fall in Love Too Easily
3. Baby Won`t You Please Come Home
4. So Near, So Far
5. Basin Street Blues
6. Seven Steps to Heaven - (previously unreleased, Take 3)
7. Seven Steps to Heaven - (previously unreleased, Take 5)
8. Summer Night

DISC 2: SEVEN STEPS: THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS OF MILES DAVIS: 1963-1964:

1. Seven Steps to Heaven - (previously unreleased, Rehearsal Take, rehearsal take)
2. Seven Steps to Heaven
3. So Near, So Far
4. Joshua
5. Introduction by Andre Francis - (previously unreleased, live)
6. Autumn Leaves - (live)
7. Milestones - (live)
8. I Thought About You - (live)

DISC 3: SEVEN STEPS: THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS OF MILES DAVIS: 1963-1964:

1. Joshua - (live)
2. All of You - (live)
3. Walkin` - (live)
4. Bye Bye Blackbird - (previously unreleased, live)
5. Bye Bye (Theme) - (previously unreleased, live)

DISC 4: SEVEN STEPS: THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS OF MILES DAVIS: 1963-1964:

1. Introduction by Mort Fega
2. Autumn Leaves - (previously unreleased)
3. So What
4. Stella by Starlight
5. Walkin`
6. All of You
7. Go-Go (Theme and Announcement)

DISC 5: SEVEN STEPS: THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS OF MILES DAVIS: 1963-1964:

1. Introduction by Billy Taylor
2. All Blues
3. My Funny Valentine
4. Joshua
5. I Thought About You
6. Four
7. Seven Steps to Heaven
8. There Is No Greater Love
9. Go-Go (Theme and Re-Introduction)

DISC 6: SEVEN STEPS: THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS OF MILES DAVIS: 1963-1964:

1. Introduction by Teruo Isono - (live)
2. If I Were a Bell - (live)
3. My Funny Valentine - (live)
4. So What - (live)
5. Walkin` - (live)
6. All of You - (live)
7. Go-Go (Theme) - (live)

DISC 7: SEVEN STEPS: THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS OF MILES DAVIS: 1963-1964:

1. Milestones - (live)
2. Autumn Leaves - (live)
3. So What - (live)
4. Stella by Starlight - (previously unreleased, live)
5. Walkin` - (live)
6. Go-Go (Theme) - (live)

Album Information

Release Date:

09/28/2004

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Trumpet

Label:

Sony Music Distribution (USA)

Producer:

Teo Macero; Kiyoshi Itoh; Ruby Wolpert; Teo Macero; Kiyoshi Itoh; Ruby Wolpert; Michael Cuscuna (Compilation); Bob Belden (Compilation)

Catalog Number:

90840

Original Release Year:

2004

# of Discs:

7

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Wayne Shorter; Sam Rivers; Herbie Hancock; Ron Carter

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